Palestinians: Temple Mount Cam is a Trap to Show us Doing Nothing Wrong!

Palestinians: Temple Mount Cam is a Trap to Show us Doing Nothing Wrong!

George Wash­ing­ton McLin­tock:Now Kather­ine, are you going to believe what you see, or what I tell you?

McLin­tock! 1963

Given all the ten­sion in the Pales­tin­ian areas after rumors that Israel was vio­lat­ing agree­ments con­cern­ing the Tem­ple mount spread among Pales­tini­ans the Jor­da­ni­ans advanced a plan to stop the trou­ble, cam­eras!:

The pro­posal for the sur­veil­lance cam­eras was ini­ti­ated by Jordan’s King Abdul­lah. Although his father, the late King Hus­sein, had waived Jordan’s claim on the West Bank in favor of Pales­tin­ian sov­er­eignty in the area, Jor­dan retained cus­to­di­an­ship over the Tem­ple Mount, third holi­est site in Islam. As such, it has a direct inter­est in the cur­rent flare-​up.

Sec­re­tary of State John Kerry loved the idea and ran with it

Sec­re­tary of State John Kerry applauded Abdullah’s pro­posal as “an excel­lent sug­ges­tion” and bro­kered an agree­ment between the king and Israeli Prime Min­is­ter Ben­jamin Netanyahu. Such sur­veil­lance, said Kerry, “could really be a game-​changer in dis­cour­ag­ing any­body from dis­turb­ing the sanc­tity” of the Mount.

And despite the Obama administration’s rep­u­ta­tion vis-​a-​vis Israel Netanyahu sold the idea to his cabinet

Netanyahu told his Cab­i­net Sun­day that Israel had an inter­est in the instal­la­tion of video cam­eras on the Tem­ple Mount to demon­strate that Israel was not devi­at­ing from the sta­tus quo that per­mit­ted non-​Muslims, includ­ing Israeli Jews, to visit the holy site at pre-​determined hours but not to pray there.

Sounds like a great idea, if you have cam­eras install then if Israel is doing any­thing wrong it will be seen. It’s like a body cam on a police­man, if Israel was doing what the Pales­tini­ans say, they’d be caught in the act!

There’s just one prob­lem. While Israel has no prob­lem with the world see­ing first hand what they’re actu­ally doing the Pales­tini­ans aren’t so keen on the idea:

Hamas and other rad­i­cal Pales­tin­ian groups rejected the agree­ment, which calls for installing 24-​hour sur­veil­lance cam­eras at the Tem­ple Mount, holy to Mus­lims as the site of al-​Aksa Mosque and the golden Dome of the Rock.

In state­ments issued from the Gaza Strip, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other groups called for esca­lat­ing attacks on Israel, alleg­ing that Kerry’s efforts were designed to “thwart the Intifada.”

They have a point there, after all if the video shows that Israel isn’t doing what the pales­tini­ans claim, enter­ing the Mosque, pre­vent­ing mus­lims from pray­ing etc they are the it’s going to be hard to per­suade peo­ple to go around stab­bing jews in retal­i­a­tion isn’t it? But it seems our Pales­tin­ian friends hes­i­ta­tion over cam­eras isn’t just about what we won’t see:

In an attempt to pre­vent Jews from enter­ing the approx­i­mately 37-​acre (150,000 m2) site, the Pales­tin­ian Author­ity and the Islamic Move­ment in Israel hired scores of Mus­lim men and women to harass the Jew­ish vis­i­tors and the police offi­cers escort­ing them. The men are referred to as Mura­bitoun, while the women are called Mura­bi­tat (defend­ers or guardians of the faith).

What you haven’t heard of this? Per­haps because the west hasn’t both­ered to cover it?

The instal­la­tion of sur­veil­lance cam­eras at the site will expose the aggres­sive behav­ior of the Mura­bitoun and Mura­bi­tat, and show the world who is really “des­e­crat­ing” the Islamic holy sites and turn­ing them into a base for assault­ing and abus­ing Jew­ish vis­i­tors and policemen.

Hmmm so if there were cam­eras at the tem­ple mount there might be news­wor­thy video avail­able to the press of arabs harass­ing jews and that’s not all they might find news­wor­thy either:

Another rea­son the Pales­tini­ans are opposed to King Abdullah’s idea is their fear that the cam­eras would expose that Pales­tini­ans have been smug­gling stones, fire­bombs and pipe bombs into Al-​Aqsa Mosque for the past two years. These are scenes at the PA, Hamas and the Islamic Move­ment do not want the world to see: they show who is really “con­t­a­m­i­nat­ing” the Haram al-​Sharif. Need­less to say, no Jew­ish vis­i­tors have thus far been caught try­ing to smug­gle such weapons into the holy site.

Yeah the whole idea of “Jews des­e­crat­ing a holy site” argu­ment might be tough for the BDS move­ment if there are real time images of mus­lims brings bombs into the Mosque.

Jor­dan as you might guess isn’t thrilled with the PA over this:

The Jor­dan­ian news­pa­per Al-​Ghad quoted Jor­dan­ian politi­cians as denounc­ing Malki’s remarks as “inap­pro­pri­ate and unfair.” They said that the PA lead­er­ship should have relayed its posi­tion on the cam­eras directly to the Jor­dan­ian gov­ern­ment instead of mak­ing such “inflam­ma­tory” pub­lic remarks.

Adnan Abu Odeh, a vet­eran Jor­dan­ian politi­cian and for­mer advi­sor to both King Abdul­lah and King Hus­sein, said he did not believe that the cam­eras would serve Israel’s inter­ests, as the PA claims. “The cam­eras will doc­u­ment every­thing, includ­ing those who want to assault Pales­tini­ans or Israelis,” he said. “The cam­eras will doc­u­ment any­one who caries out an assault or Jews who want to pray there.”

Abu Odeh dis­missed Malki’s remarks as “provoca­tive, taste­less and inap­pro­pri­ate.” He said that it was in the inter­est of the Pales­tini­ans to have cam­eras at the Tem­ple Mount.

But the Pales­tini­ans are hav­ing none of it

Many Pales­tini­ans, how­ever, were not enthu­si­as­tic about the secu­rity cam­era idea, a move that Israeli police have sought for years. “It is an addi­tional trap to arrest Pales­tini­ans on charges of incite­ment,” Pales­tin­ian Author­ity For­eign Min­is­ter Riad Malki said.

I don’t see how it can be a trap. After all the Pales­tini­ans have insisted that they haven’t been incit­ing any­body or smug­gling weapons or doing any­thing nasty, if they’re telling the truth how could film back­ing them up be a trap? That would be like a police office argu­ing that dash cam­eras and body cams were all about fram­ing him for some­thing he hasn’t done.

You’d think they were try­ing to hide what’s actu­ally going on or some­thing? Or as Bibi put it:

The only pay I get for this work comes from you. My goal for 2015 is $22,000 and to date we’re only at $4400

Given that fact I would I ask you to please con­sider hit­ting DaTipJar.

[olimome­ter id=14]

That gets all the bills paid. Con­sider Sub­scrib­ing 100 Sub­scribers at $20 a month will get the job done and then some.

Choose a Sub­scrip­tion level

Addi­tion­ally our sub­scribers get our pod­cast emailed directly to them before it show up any­where else.

I know you can get the MSM for noth­ing, but that’s pretty much what most of them are worth.

George Washington McLintock:Now Katherine, are you going to believe what you see, or what I tell you?

McLintock! 1963

Given all the tension in the Palestinian areas after rumors that Israel was violating agreements concerning the Temple mount spread among Palestinians the Jordanians advanced a plan to stop the trouble, cameras!:

The proposal for the surveillance cameras was initiated by Jordan’s King Abdullah. Although his father, the late King Hussein, had waived Jordan’s claim on the West Bank in favor of Palestinian sovereignty in the area, Jordan retained custodianship over the Temple Mount, third holiest site in Islam. As such, it has a direct interest in the current flare-up.

Secretary of State John Kerry loved the idea and ran with it

Secretary of State John Kerry applauded Abdullah’s proposal as “an excellent suggestion” and brokered an agreement between the king and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Such surveillance, said Kerry, “could really be a game-changer in discouraging anybody from disturbing the sanctity” of the Mount.

And despite the Obama administration’s reputation vis-a-vis Israel Netanyahu sold the idea to his cabinet

Netanyahu told his Cabinet Sunday that Israel had an interest in the installation of video cameras on the Temple Mount to demonstrate that Israel was not deviating from the status quo that permitted non-Muslims, including Israeli Jews, to visit the holy site at pre-determined hours but not to pray there.

Sounds like a great idea, if you have cameras install then if Israel is doing anything wrong it will be seen. It’s like a body cam on a policeman, if Israel was doing what the Palestinians say, they’d be caught in the act!

There’s just one problem. While Israel has no problem with the world seeing first hand what they’re actually doing the Palestinians aren’t so keen on the idea:

Hamas and other radical Palestinian groups rejected the agreement, which calls for installing 24-hour surveillance cameras at the Temple Mount, holy to Muslims as the site of al-Aksa Mosque and the golden Dome of the Rock.

In statements issued from the Gaza Strip, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other groups called for escalating attacks on Israel, alleging that Kerry’s efforts were designed to “thwart the Intifada.”

They have a point there, after all if the video shows that Israel isn’t doing what the palestinians claim, entering the Mosque, preventing muslims from praying etc they are the it’s going to be hard to persuade people to go around stabbing jews in retaliation isn’t it? But it seems our Palestinian friends hesitation over cameras isn’t just about what we won’t see:

In an attempt to prevent Jews from entering the approximately 37-acre (150,000 m2) site, the Palestinian Authority and the Islamic Movement in Israel hired scores of Muslim men and women to harass the Jewish visitors and the police officers escorting them. The men are referred to as Murabitoun, while the women are called Murabitat (defenders or guardians of the faith).

What you haven’t heard of this? Perhaps because the west hasn’t bothered to cover it?

The installation of surveillance cameras at the site will expose the aggressive behavior of the Murabitoun and Murabitat, and show the world who is really “desecrating” the Islamic holy sites and turning them into a base for assaulting and abusing Jewish visitors and policemen.

Hmmm so if there were cameras at the temple mount there might be newsworthy video available to the press of arabs harassing jews and that’s not all they might find newsworthy either:

Another reason the Palestinians are opposed to King Abdullah’s idea is their fear that the cameras would expose that Palestinians have been smuggling stones, firebombs and pipe bombs into Al-Aqsa Mosque for the past two years. These are scenes at the PA, Hamas and the Islamic Movement do not want the world to see: they show who is really “contaminating” the Haram al-Sharif. Needless to say, no Jewish visitors have thus far been caught trying to smuggle such weapons into the holy site.

Yeah the whole idea of “Jews desecrating a holy site” argument might be tough for the BDS movement if there are real time images of muslims brings bombs into the Mosque.

Jordan as you might guess isn’t thrilled with the PA over this:

The Jordanian newspaper Al-Ghad quoted Jordanian politicians as denouncing Malki’s remarks as “inappropriate and unfair.” They said that the PA leadership should have relayed its position on the cameras directly to the Jordanian government instead of making such “inflammatory” public remarks.

Adnan Abu Odeh, a veteran Jordanian politician and former advisor to both King Abdullah and King Hussein, said he did not believe that the cameras would serve Israel’s interests, as the PA claims. “The cameras will document everything, including those who want to assault Palestinians or Israelis,” he said. “The cameras will document anyone who caries out an assault or Jews who want to pray there.”

Abu Odeh dismissed Malki’s remarks as “provocative, tasteless and inappropriate.” He said that it was in the interest of the Palestinians to have cameras at the Temple Mount.

But the Palestinians are having none of it

Many Palestinians, however, were not enthusiastic about the security camera idea, a move that Israeli police have sought for years. “It is an additional trap to arrest Palestinians on charges of incitement,” Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki said.

I don’t see how it can be a trap. After all the Palestinians have insisted that they haven’t been inciting anybody or smuggling weapons or doing anything nasty, if they’re telling the truth how could film backing them up be a trap? That would be like a police office arguing that dash cameras and body cams were all about framing him for something he hasn’t done.

You’d think they were trying to hide what’s actually going on or something? Or as Bibi put it:

[…] compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Where’s My Safe Space? Da Tech Guy: Palestinians Claim Temple Mount Cam Is A Trap To Show Them Doing Nothing Wrong American Irony: Time To Start Calling The Media What It Really Is Conservative Review: The Knife […]

Donald Trump Calls on DaTechGuy Worcester MA

Bloggers Prayer

Oh God, you who gave free will to your creation, bless those who use that precious gift to blog.

May we though this gift of freedom of expression enlighten, entertain and inform our readers, and we ask particular blessing for those who bring your word across the net, that they may faithfully execute your command to make disciples of all nations.